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RE: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges
From: Eric Kuhnke <eric () fnordsystems com>
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 06:20:20 -0700
The last time I looked at Band-X (about six months ago) their pricing was ridiculous... I believe they wanted
$100/Mb, on a 100Mb commit, for Aleron or HE bandwidth. It should be noted that Band-X blocks potential buyers from
learning the actual name of a transit provider, up until the very last moment (signing contract). They hide their transit sources behind anonymous "Company A, Company D" and so forth. Getting the actual name of a source from the band-x sales rep was like pulling teeth. -Eric Kuhnke eric () fnordsystems com At 01:54 PM 10/8/2003 +0100, you wrote:
As far as I remember Band-X (http://www.band-x.com) do this. Dave. -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Golding To: Dennis Jewth Cc: nanog () merit edu Sent: 08/10/03 10:11 Subject: Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Dennis, I'm not really looking at normal exchanges where some participants offer transit or partial transit. I'm looking at exchange fabrics specifically set up for the purpose of selling services, be they transit, partial transit, or paid peering. Most of these exchanges have web based administration, route servers, flow accounting, or some other combination of services. A good example is Equinix's Equinix Direct. Equinix maintains a series of exchange fabrics that are primarily for settlement free peering, but also has exchange fabrics set up, specifically, for buyers and sellers of services. Telehouse in NYC was doing something like this, as well. I'm not sure how far it has progressed. Thanks, DanFrom: "Dennis Jewth" <Dennis.Jewth () xchangepoint net> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 10:03:41 +0100 To: "Daniel Golding" <dgolding () burtongroup com> Cc: <nanog () merit edu> Subject: Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Hi Daniel Really you need to reword that as exchanges used for peering andtransitprovision/delivery, over which some networks may be paying for peering sessions. We run a MAN in London connecting 7 co-lo's (including THouse North)that isused as the delivery platform for transit from the Carriers to ISPs and hosting companies. We are also a peering point. Paid peering is more common in the US. In Europe some of the largernetworksare talking about offering paid peering (and there may be already fewdoingit). It's to get that info out in the open from those doing it that's harder (henceyourmail to Nanog, no doubt). Are you looking at partial transit as well? Dennis Jewth XchangePoint Europe www.xchangepoint.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Golding" <dgolding () burtongroup com> To: <nanog () merit edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:31 AM Subject: Transit and Paid Peering ExchangesDoing some research.... Anyone have a list of Transit and Paid Peering exchange fabrics? I am interested in both US and EU locations, particularly ininterestingsites like 111 8th Ave (NYC), Telehouse North (London) and othermajortelcohotel type facilities. I'll summarize for the list and repost. Thanks, -- Daniel Golding________________________________________________________________________This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com________________________________________________________________________-- Email Disclaimer can be viewed at: http://www.netscalibur.co.uk/email.html --
Current thread:
- Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Daniel Golding (Oct 08)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Bill Woodcock (Oct 08)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Daniel Golding (Oct 09)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Bill Woodcock (Oct 09)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Daniel Golding (Oct 09)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Daniel Golding (Oct 09)
- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Bill Woodcock (Oct 08)
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- Re: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Daniel Golding (Oct 08)
- RE: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Freedman David (Oct 08)
- RE: Transit and Paid Peering Exchanges Eric Kuhnke (Oct 08)